u.s. prepares for war -”cash and carry “ policy begins -axis powers formed -selective service...

U.S. Prepares for War

-”Cash and Carry “ policy begins

-Axis Powers formed

-Selective Service begins draft process

-Roosevelt seeks third term

-Lend-Lease policy begun to help supply allies-Arsenal of Democracy

-Atlantic Charter signed between U.S. and Britain

resembles 14 points of Wilson

Hitler’s Mistake

-Battle of Britain has stalled

-June 1941 Germany attacks Russia

-early success but then stalemate

-Russian winter sets in and halts advance

-Now war is on two fronts

U.S. enters the War

-U.S. has embargo on Japan for actions in the Pacific

-U.S. had warning of a possible Japanese attack somewhere

-Dec. 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor is attacked

“day that will live in infamy”

-U.S. declares war on Japan and then Germany, Italy declare war on U.S.

Americans in the Service

-millions volunteered and millions more were drafted

-GI’s went to basic training for 8 weeks

-Women’s Auxiliary Corps

thousands volunteered

-Minorities served in segregated units

Tuskegee Airmen

Life on the Home Front

-War Production Board

industries were retooled to make war materials

-Scientists are mobilized

radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)

-women stepped into many war materials jobs

“Rosie the Riveter”

-Entertainment propaganda

-newsreels

Government Control

-Inflation controlled by price freezes

-many products rationed to conserve resources

-income taxes increased

-War Bonds sold

-Japanese Internment

Korematsu v. United States

discriminatory policy???

Government Control

-War Bonds sold

Government Control

-War Bonds sold

u.s. prepares for war -”cash and carry “ policy begins -axis powers formed -selective service...

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